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2nd Sunday After Pentecost
Spark your thoughts for June 11, 2023! Jessica Bordeleau hosts professors of homiletics Dr. Peter Nafzger and Dr. David Schmitt in a discussion about the lectionary texts for the upcoming Sunday. This week they discuss Hosea 5:15-6:6, Romans 4:13-25, and Matthew 9:9-13 to get you started for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost. 2nd Sunday After ..
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TRINITY SUNDAY
Each week Jessica Bordeleau hosts professors of homiletics Dr. Peter Nafzger and Dr. David Schmitt in a discussion about the lectionary texts for the upcoming Sunday. This week they'll get you started for Trinity Sunday!
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Theological Symposium – Call for Papers
The Theological Symposium committee invites proposals for open sectionals for the 33rd Annual Theological Symposium, September 19-20, 2023, at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The title this year is “Church and Society: Living by Hope in a Secular Age.”

The Pulpit

Proper 25 • Luke 18:9–17 • October 23, 2016

By David Schmitt Textual Notes In this reading, Jesus moves from the world of the imagination, where he tells a parable (vv. 9–14), to the world of his ministry, where he blesses children (vv. 15–17). Both of these worlds are joined by a common problem and a common theme. The common problem is contempt for others, ..